Milk bottle crate



Feb.'19,1935. F PAWSAT 1,991,770

MILK BOTTLE CRATE Filed Aug. 20, 1954 FIG.)

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Patented Feb. '19, 1.935 "l t i MILK BOTTLE CRATE jEwald F. YPawsat, `Maysville, Ky. Applieatio'sugu'st 2o, 1934, sei-iai No. 140,571

` solaires; (o1. 22o-i9) UNITED STATES `PATI'=:1\IT OFFICE This invention is'designed to accommodate lying next adjacent thereto are the four espemilk bottles, particularly in that they.' handling cially shaped,verticallydisposed bars 20 which ci such bottles is usually accompanied with conhave central portions 20 Yextending toward the siderable roughnessandY because of the heavy Ycorners of frames 11v and 12"an'd also welded characterof suchbottles, the crate therefor.' has thereto to strengthen these CornerS adjacent to 5 to be of very strong construction. Ythe bends thereof; In this manner the loops are An object of my invention isto produce a avoided 'at the 'top of the cratefand'clearance metal crate which accomplishes several things afforded at the bottom of the crate for the upsimuitaneously, namely; a crate'which stacks, Standing loops of the crate Stacked immediately one upon another, in nonslipping vertically beneath. 10

aligned relationship by a unique structure of On the ends of the crate and occupying more rods bent and welded to afford both vertical and 0f a middle pOSitiOIl tl'lelen relatively t0 the side support of the bottles, and their separation straight bars 19, are special bars 21 bent at their by spaces of desirableform adapted'to resist unlippel` eildS t0 lie apart far enough t0 enable intentional blows in loading the crate and to aidl pOrtiOnS 22 0f the upper frame members 14 to be 15 in guiding the bottles into position during this used aS handles.

operation, as well as to accomplish through a Supported by and Welded to frame 12 are 1onnew element a, two-fold function 0f aligning gtudnal baIS 23 extending from end t0 end 0f stacked crates and strengthening the body structhe frame, and transverse bars 24 eXtending ture thereoi from side to side of the frame, the bars being 20 These and other objects are attained in the welded together at their points of crossing. crate described in the following specification and These Crossed bars, properly spaced, constitute illustrated in the accompanying. drawing, in the SpaCeIS dening the Spaces in Which bOttleS which; are received. As an additional feature these 25 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a milk bottle crate longitudinal baIS 23 are flattened Verteally at 25 embodying my invention. points 25 midway between the bars 24 Vand the Fig.2 isaplan view of the crate showninFig. 1. ends 0f the frame 12 t0 Strengthen the grid Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the crate I have against Vertical blOWS When loading the Crate, shown. as well as, because of their reduced thickness, of

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the crate shown in enabling the bottles to be entered within their 30 the foregoing views of the drawing. respective spaces more readily.

My improved crate is one including five prin- .On frame 11 identically the same type of spaceeipal frame members 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, frame defining grid is provided, in the forms of bars members 10, 11, 12 and 14 consisting merely of 26 extending longitudinally immediately beneath rectangular heavy wire formation, while member bars 23, and bars 27 extending transversely im- 35 13, also of heavy wire, is basically rectangular in mediately beneath bars 24, all points of crossing shape and having upwardly extending loops 15, and frame contact being welded.

16, 17 and 18 at its corners. These corner loops To support the bottles in the spaces formed are so proportioned and spaced as to lie within the by the grids, a bottom vof crossed bars supported corners of thev upper frame member 14 in posiby and welded to frame 10 is provided. vThis 40 tion to be welded thereto. These loops, extendbottom consists of transverse bars 28 supporting ing diagonally of the corners of frame 14, allow spaced longitudinal bars 29 which are out 'of the bottom frame 10 of a superposed stacked alignment with the grid bars so that the bottles crate to be placed freely over the loops, but serest upon them, especially shaped longitudinal curely preventing displacement of the crates from bottom bottle-supporting bars 30 terminating in 45 stacked relatonship- T0 Support the frames 10, bent ends welded to the sides of frame 10 in- 11, 12, 13 and 14 in properly spaced relationship, stead of its ends as are bars 29. This is done for I have provided a series of vertical bars 19, both the Special purpose of Clearing the bottom Coralong the sides and ends of wire of smaller diamners of frame 10 for the reception of the loops eter and extending straight from top to bottom 15, 16, 17 and 18 of a crate stacked immediately 50 of the crate, being welded to the inside of the beneath.

rectangular members 10, 11, 12 and 14, as well It will thus be seen that I have produced a as to member 13 to hold them all in correctly novel Crate in Which a Series 0f rigid rectangular spaced relationship, as shown. Between the loop frame members of heavy wire constitute the body legs on each side of upper frame member 14 and of the crate, with one of these frame members 55 shaped in a most unique manner to provide the interlocking corner lugs or loops by means of which the crates may be interlocked as it were, thereby permitting of their being stacked. Attention is called also to the manner in which the two upper frame members are made to carry the blows and strains placed on the loops by bringing these loops within the upper frame member and Welding them thereto at their points of contact. As has been saidthe vertical flattening offl'ongitudinal spacer bars 23 and 26 atv points 25 contributes materially to the strength and bottle.

this also be- Y horizontal bars supported by and welded to the lowermost frame to sustain the weight of bottles within the crate, crossed horizontal bars supported by and welded to intermediate frames in grid formation to form bottle spaces within the crate, and stacking loops formed on the corners of an intermediate frame, extending upwardly through and welded to the corners of the upper frame, the bars in the region of the lower comers ofthe crate having a fomsationvdesigned to clear the corner for the'reception' of the stacking loops of a crate stacked immediate beneath.

2. A milk bottle crate comprising a. series of horizontalvframes, vertical bars spaced apart and Welded to the frames in spacing relationship, bottom bars extending in grid Vfashion from side to s'idel and-end to end of the bottom frame and welded thereto, the corners of an intermediate frame adjacent to the upper frame being bent .upward to form upstanding loops lying within and-welded to the lcorners of 'the' upper' frame torform stacking lugs ad'ai'tedt to' lie within the corners,l of thebottom frame oi7 a;k crate next above in a' stack.Y

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